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EUGENE W. VEST, OF MULBERRY GROVE, ILLINOIS GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Application filed November 30, 1908. Serial No. 465,044.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE W. Vns'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mulberry Grove, in the county ol' Bond and State oi' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, ol' which the'following is a specification.

This invention pertains to gates and has for its object to provide a new and novel mechanism, whereby gates that are hung on hinges may be opened and closed by the simple drawing or pulling ol' a rope or lever and whereby one will not be obliged to dis mount from a horse or vehicle in order to open the same and close the same alter passing through. I ani aware that there are a number ol' inventions along this line, wherein the gate itself Al'orms a part ol the invention, but my object is to provide a mechanism that may be utilized in connection with any gate that is hung on hinges and adapted to swing thereon.

A further object is to provide a mechanism whereby any gate that is hung on hinges may be opened either way, or opened and shut, from either side thereof.

The mechanism consists principally ol' gearings connected with a casting adapted to be secured to the top ol' the post to which the gate is hinged, together with an arched connection ingeniously secured to the gate and a anun, over which operate ropes or cables extending in either direction at right angles to the fence, and so adjusted as to be accessible to one riding upon a horse or in a vehicle. I have provided a hood as a covering for the gearings, adapted to protect the same from weather exposure.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view ol' the apparatus attached to broken-away portions or' the post and gate and snowing a section of the hood l: Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the drum, showing the manner in which the ropes or cables are attached thereto 5 and Fig. 4 shows an end view o'll the drum, with the ropes or cables extending at right angles to a broken-away portion of a fence, and also showing a gate partially aj ar.

I have shown a casting 3, secured to the top o1' the post, 7, by means ol the bolts, S and 9. Cast integral with the casting, 3, are the bearings, 4 and 5, for the ends oi' the shaft, 13, carrying the beveled pinion gear, 12; and also cast integral with the same is the stud, 6, carrying the horizontal beveled gear, 10. Secured to the top ol' the beveled gear, 10, by the rivets, 18, are the arched arms, 16 and 17, connected by the web, A saddle casting, 21, is adapted to engage the top board, 22, oll the gate. This casting is provided with a horizontal oblong slot, 45. At the center of the web, 19, connecting theI arms, 16 and 17, is provided a link, 36, in which is fastened a rope, 40, passing between the pulleys, 34 and 35, secured horizontally to the top ol' the casting, 21. Coil springs, 28 and 29, encircle the shaft, 23, the l'ormer being anchored between the washers, 3() and 31, on one side ol the gate, and the latter being anchored between the washers, 32 and 33, on the other side ol' the gate. The sha'l't, 23, passes through the horizontal slot, 45, in the casting, 21., and is held in that position by the washers, 26 and 27, secured in their positions by the pins, 24 and 25. To the shaft, 13, carrying the beveled gear, 12, is also secured the drum, 15, to which are attached tvo ropes, 41 and 42, encircling the drum, 15, and reaching in opposite directions, at right angles to the fence and to the gate when closed. I have shown a pin, 14, passing through the shaft, 13, by means of which the saine may be held in its position in the bearings, 4 and 5.

It will be noticed that the gate, 22, operating on the hinge, 43, rotates at a diilerent center from the arms, 16 and 17, connected with the gage, 22', and for that reason it is necessary to provide a self-adjustment Afor the connecting parts, and to that end the horizontal oblong slot, 45, is provided, wherein the shaft, 23, may glide backward and forward as the gate is opened and closed.

In the practical operation of the apparatus, one desiring to open the gate, pass through the same, and close it again would approach the same from one side, draw the rope or cable, 42, which Would rotate the drum, 15, and the pinion beveled gear, 12, toward him. The beveled gear, 12, meshing with the beveled gear, 10, rotates the beveled gear, 10, in the opposite direction, thereby throwing the arms, lo' and 17, attached to the gate, 22, away 'from him and opening the gate in that direction. Alter passing through the gate, he would draw the rope or cable, 41., rotating the saine mechanism in the opposite directions, thereby returning the gate to its original position. Each cable, 41 and 42, should encircle the drum, 15, at least two and one-halt times, in order that the drum,

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i5, may be rotated atleast one and oneVd e fourth times around, to effectively raise the latch, as hereinafter described, and open the gate to a position at right angles to the fence. ln order to prevent the cables, 4l and 42, from slipping upon the drum, 15, l have attachedV them at the "center thereof to the drum, l5, by a staple, 46. ln case it is desired that the gate should be opened toward the operator, he would dravT the cable, dit or 42, according to which side of the gate he Was on; and in order to close the gate again While remaining on the same side thereof, he would draw the cable, lib or g2b, the mechanism being so adjusted, as described above, as to operate the gate to the positions desired. it will thus be observed that the gate may be opened to or from the operator and closed by hiin from either side of the fence, the operator either passing through the gate While ar or remaining on the saine side of the fence, as desired or as occasion may require.

l have also provided for the raising or drawing of the latch of a gate, in order to release the before the gate begins to open. rlhis l accomplished by connecting the rope or cable, 40, to the latch at the front end of the gate and attaching the saine to the linl, 36, at the center of the web, 19, connecting the arms, l5 nd 17, the said rope or cable passing between the pulleys, 34 and 35. The gate being latched will, of course, refuse to open When the cable, e2, is drawn, until the latch is released g but the ar'ms, 16 and "i7, will move as the cable, 42, is drawn, carrying With them the linlr, 36, and drawing on the cable, 40, attached to the latch, which will release the latch; then the gate is free to open in the direction desired. Y

The coil springs, 2S and 29, encircling the shaft, 23, on either side of the gate Will serve to hold the gate, 22, in proper' alinement With the rest of the mechanism. rlhe hood, 37, is heldin position by means of the stud 6, on the end of Which is secured a nut, A pin, il, extending through the stud, 6, directly above the Washer, 44, serves to hold the arms, 16 and 17, and the beveled gear, l0, in proper position.

Having thus described my imvention, What l claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l. in a gate, a frame adapted to be sepinion gear and a drum, and provided furt ther with a perpendicular stud upon Which is niounted a hood, arched arms and a horizontal beveled gear meshing With the pinion beveled gear upon the horizontal shaft, a saddle plate adapted to engage the top ortion of a gate and provided With an ob ong hcrizontal slot adapted to receiveV a shaft eX- tending horizontally through the saine; the

l said drum encircled with ropes with ends reachmg in opposite directions at right angles to the fence and gate, substantially as described.

2. ln a gate, a frame adapted to be se cured to the top of a post to which a gate is hinged, provided with bearings for a horizontal shaft upon Which is secured a beveled pinion gear and a drum, and provided further with a perpendicular stud upon which is mounted a hood, arched arms and a hori- Zontal beveled gear meshing With the pinion beveled gear upon the horizontal shaft, a saddle plate adapted to engage the top portion cf a gate and provided with an oblong ioriaontal slot adapted to receive a shaft er;- tending horizontally through the sanie; the said drum encircled With ropes With ends reaching in opposite directions at right angles to the fence and gate, the link secured to the Web connecting the arched arms, the rope leading to the gate latch therefrom, the pulleys through which the same passes, and the coil spring encircling a shaft passing through the slot in the saddle, substantially as described.

3. ln a gate, a fraine adapted to be secured to the top of a post to which a gate is hinged, provided With bearings for a hori- Zontal shaft upon which is secured a beveled pinion gear and a drum, andprovided further ivith a perpendicular stud upon Which is mounted a hood, arched arms, a horizontal beveled gear connected with the arms and meshing with the pinion beveled gear ,upon the horizontal shaft, and connections between the arched arnis and the gate; the said drurn encircled with ropes with ends reaching in opposite ldirections at right angles to the fence and gate, substantially as described. A

ln testimony whereof l have affixed my signature, in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

EUGENE W. VEST.

`Witnessesz ALONZO M. WURPHY, W. lt. SAMPsoN. 

